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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

namespace ActiveAttributes.Extensions
{
  public static class ICustomAttributeProviderExtensions
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets all custom attributes of a certain type from the <see cref="ICustomAttributeProvider"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">The custom attribute type.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="customAttributeProvider">The custom attribute provider.</param>
    /// <param name="inherit">Specifies whether inherited custom attributes should be included.</param>
    public static IEnumerable<T> GetCustomAttributes<T> (this ICustomAttributeProvider customAttributeProvider, bool inherit) where T : Attribute
    {
      return customAttributeProvider.GetCustomAttributes (typeof (T), inherit).Cast<T>();
    }
  }
}